The strawberry for everybody . mingly beautiful incolor, of regular form, firm texture, deliciousquality and highly perfumed; but the berriesare of rather small size. They are, however,much larger and better in every way thanthose of the Crystal City and MichelVEarly,the only varieties that ripen so early as are brisrht flame color and the plants,which are fairly productive, are so vigorousthey succeed even on thin, light soil. Espec-ially valuable and desirable as an extra earlyvarietv for the home garden. 25c; 100,50c; 1000, $ Westchester Co., N. March 13. h
The strawberry for everybody . mingly beautiful incolor, of regular form, firm texture, deliciousquality and highly perfumed; but the berriesare of rather small size. They are, however,much larger and better in every way thanthose of the Crystal City and MichelVEarly,the only varieties that ripen so early as are brisrht flame color and the plants,which are fairly productive, are so vigorousthey succeed even on thin, light soil. Espec-ially valuable and desirable as an extra earlyvarietv for the home garden. 25c; 100,50c; 1000, $ Westchester Co., N. March 13. have been having strawberry plants from you for a num-ber of years, and am glad to express my satisfaction in theresults I have had. I want to say a word in favor of Ste-vens Late Champion which I consider superior to anythingI have tried in the berry line, the berries being of greatsize, beautiful flavor and a good yielder. GEORGE HUNTER. William Belt.—If confined to one variety,this is the one I would select. The plant is a. vigorous, though not a r, . grower, suc-ceeds upon almost all soils, and invariablyyields very heavily; and best of aU, the ber-ries are always of large size and high flesh is solid and meaty, deep crimson incolor, and the blossoms are large, with abun-dance of pollen. It begins to ripen quiteearly and continues until almost the close ofthe season; the last berries being large, hand-some and full-flavored. Indeed, it is a kingamong strawberries, being among the largest—many of the berries being of great size—firm, and gives large pickings for a longerperiod than any other variety I have. Al-though of Canadian origin, it has proved ofgeneral adaptability, and is among the mostpopular of all varieties in , 25c; 100, 50c; 1000, $ POT GROWN STRAWBERRIES These, if planted in early spring will yielda partial crop of choice berries the first sea-son. Having balls of earth at the roots, theyare all sure to live; no failures.
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